Originally
printed in 1854 by the Democratic Press Steam Print company of Chicago, this 55-page
booklet contains extensive documentation on the formation of the Joliet and Northern
Indiana Railroad Company, its predecessor, the Oswego and Indiana Plank Road Company
and its acquisition by the Michigan Central Railroad Company. This
line, which became the Michigan Central's Joliet cutoff, was eventually
deemed redundant and mostly abandoned. Today, a significant portion exists as
the Old Plank
Road Trail. | 
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